Hat tip to Drew from Ghostrunner on First for giving me the idea for this post. Glove smack to Chef Raekwon for putting out a pretty solid album. You see, this past winter I ventured to Cuba to witness Cuban Baseball. It had a profound effect on me to say the very least. Much of the offseason I have spent posting Cuban related baseball articles and now that the 2010 season is here, I thought it might be prudent to do a roundup of what has transpired as well as share my favourite Cuban baseball resources.
Mop Up Duty Cuban baseball posts:
The Greatest Umpire Ever: Omar Lucero
Spaceman: A Cuban Baseball Odyssey
Winds of Change Blowing in Cuba: Fuera de Liga
The Baltimore Orioles Play in Havana Cuba
The Toronto Blue Jays Sign Adeiny Hechevarria
Los Barbudos (The Bearded Ones): Fidel Castro’s Barnstorming Baseball Team
Cuban Baseball Websites and Resources:
Escambray – the Digital Newspaper of Sancti Spiritus
This video right here basically sums up Cuban Baseball:
[youtube M7qBh4Wh-kQ] El Legado de Armandito “El Tintorero” Valdes [youtube j05fJPvfJ0g]
